Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Career
His other works also include Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Starring Salman Khan, Nana Patekar, Seema Biswas and Manisha Koirala. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) starring Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Ajay Devgan and Black (2005) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and child artiste Ayesha Kapoor.
His directing trademarks include lush visuals and loud melodrama.
He has won the Filmfare Best Director Award three times; for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and most recently Black. Black broke a record at the 2006 Filmfare Awards winning eleven awards.
His next project was to be Bajirao Mastani (2006), starring Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in lead roles. He wanted to be the first to be able to cast Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor together, however both stars appeared together first in Kyonki. According to reports, Bhansali has now signed Shivani Kapoor in the role of Mastani [1]. The film for now has been put off. The movie is planned to be completed in 2007 after Bhansali finishes work on Saawariya. [2].
He is now working on his current project Saawariya, starring Salman Khan, Rani Mukerji and debutantes Ranbir Kapoor (son of actors Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh) and Sonam Kapoor (daughter of actor Anil Kapoor).
Trivia
• Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.
• He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India.

Filmography

Director
• Saawariya (2006)
• Black (2005)
• Devdas (2002)
• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
• Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)

Producer
• Black (2005)
• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)

Writer
• 1942: A Love Story (1994)
• Khamoshi: The Musical (1996)